Christian herald and signs of our times (1895) (14598415558)

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Title: Christian herald and signs of our times

Year: 1895 (1890s)

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Publisher: (New York, The Christian Herald)

Contributing Library: Christian Herald Association

Digitizing Sponsor: Tisch Library, Tufts University

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decree for you a happv newyear, to which the response was given: And you likewise. With the exception of the temple sacrifices and possibly of some slight and unimportant modifications in the form, the ceremony of the New Year festival is preserved today among the Jewish people almost unchanged in the thousands of years that have passed awav. But the New Year festival is found, as an immemorial usage, among other ancient peoples, notably the Egyptians, Persians, Hindoos, Chinese, Romans, and Moslems, although their calendars varied as to the date of the jubilee. In ancient Rome, the year began with March and on the first day of that month, the Salii, or priests of the god Mars, bore the sacred shield in procession through the citv, while the people feasted and rejoiced. When the Roman calendar was changed the date of the festival was transferred to Januarv 1st. People wished each other health and prosperity and exchanged gifts. But the celebration, both public and private, partook so strong-

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MAKING NEW YEARS CALLS IN NEW YORK, TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO. In our own land, in a modified degree, the New Year festival is observed, although the proximity of Christmas deprives it of much of its enthusiasm and importance. In the old Dutch days, when the thriving settlement of Nieuw Amsterdam was gradually growing to the proportions of a city with some few comforts and refinements, the day was observed with a heartv spirit of hospitable sociability for which the Hollanders were famous. Greater even than Kerstmis (Christmas), Paas (Easter-), and Pinxter (Whitsuntide), Nieuw Jaar was the most enjoyable holiday of the whole twelve month. Christmas was a double anniversarv, being also celebrated by general consent as the anniversary of Landing Day, but Nieuwjaar was devoted to social enjoyment, making and receiving calls and to feasting. For days in advance the thrifty housewives were kept busy baking, brewing and preparing appetizing dinners, to which came pressed and heard? Much good could women

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